The Emergence Machine

Tsundoku

abstract · Culture · Level 11 · E9

E9Cultures

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

Tsundoku emerges from interest and requires time.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “book hoarding” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
積ん読
Origin language
ja

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL11L10L9L8L5L2L1L0TsundokuInterest CuriosityBookDesireEmotionPaperPileAnimalBehaviorGoal… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeObjectActionChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesTsundokuL11PileL5BookL9Interest CuriosityL10E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Pile L5 (requires)
    The Japanese word for the practice of acquiring books and letting them pile up without reading them.
  • Book L9 (requires) polysemous
    The Japanese word for the practice of acquiring books and letting them pile up without reading them.
  • Interest Curiosity L10 (requires)
    Understanding interest is foundational to tsundoku.